Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Mom to the Rescue
1 Mom Goes to the Mountain Tanya J. Tyler 9
2 Unconditional Love Tina Wagner Mattern 13
3 The Gift Dawn J. Storey 16
4 The Wind Beneath My Wings Julie Hornok 19
5 The Last Easter Egg Anna Sofia Kendall 22
6 Hero's Cape Terri Rilea 25
7 Spoiled Sweet Christy Heilger-Ewing 27
8 Show, Don't Tell Marjorie Woodall 31
9 That Long Ride Home Jonathan Doll 34
10 Best Teacher Ever Emily Dupree 37
2 Adventures with Mom
11 Hostage Situation Jan Bono 43
12 The Kroger Queen Hannah Yoder 46
13 Melba Faces Assisted Living Gordon Osmond 49
14 Old Yeller Linda Lou 51
15 A Nice Christian Boy Amelia Zahm 55
16 Our Best Laugh Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow 59
17 The Best Day Ever Connie Kaseweter Pullen 61
18 Mom's Texas-Sized Sacrifice Karla B. James 65
19 It's Never Too Late Julie Osborne 67
20 Moms Macaroni Money Nancy Emmick Panko 70
21 Snow Day Barbara Farland 73
3 Wise Words
22 The Full Moon Sandra Plawski 79
23 The Noisy Nest Marianne Fosnow 83
24 Deploying Intuition S.L. Blake 86
25 The Red juniper Mary Anglin-Coulter 88
26 Silver Linings Amy Anderson 91
27 Approved Noelle Sterne 93
28 Princess Sissy Bev Walters 97
29 My Mother Warned Me Alison Shelton 99
30 Last Gift Penelope Childers 101
31 What Mothers Learn Chava Dumas 105
4 Always There for Me
32 A Pot of Tea Margie Williamson 111
33 My Cheerleader Dallas Woodburn 113
34 A Phone Call Away Leila Feliciana 116
35 She Did It with Dresses Allison Howell 118
36 She Was There Jody Fuller 120
37 Hidden Treasure Barbara E. Haley 123
38 Making It Work Katelyn Stanis 126
39 Love Is Spelled Bev Kelly Hennigan 129
40 Better than Cool Sheri Zeck 131
41 Box of Love Katelyn Mills 135
5 The Strength of a Mother
42 Fifty-One Hours Rob L. Berry 141
43 A Second Chance at Seventy-Eight Pauline Koh-Banerjee 144
44 Unexpected Blessing Galen Pearl 148
45 Cracks in the Clay Candice Marley Conner 151
46 Amazing Amanda Kimberly Ripley 154
47 My Hero Doesn't Wear a Cape Leah G. Reynolds 156
48 Two in One Shannon Thompson 158
49 Superglue Melissa Basinger Green 159
50 The Boxes in the Basement Skip Myers 162
6 A Grandmother's Love
51 She Understood Patricia Dublin 169
52 The Phone Call Emma Blandford 172
53 Understanding Tina Plantamura 174
54 The Blue Dress Michele Ivy Davis 177
55 Your Way My Way Jill Burns 179
56 Forever Young Sarah McCrobie 182
57 Grandma Power Laure Covert 184
58 A Hidden Hero Allisa Bahney 187
59 A Bumpy Road to the Altar Nancy Maggio 190
60 Coffee with Gran Paige N. Holmes 193
2 My Role Model
61 Commencement Prithwijit Das 199
62 A Mom to Many Sarah Hamaker 203
63 Stinky Mary Marda Wells 206
64 A Knockout Performance Hilary Hattenbach 210
65 Best Breakfast Ever Sylvia J. King 214
66 A Road Well Traveled Stacie D. Williams 216
67 Magic Hands Miranda Koerner 219
68 Generous Miracles Gena McCown 223
69 My Mother, the Fighter Peyton Woodson Cooper 225
70 She Ran a Good Race Judy Mickelson 228
8 By Heart, Not by Blood
71 Meant to Be Derek H 233
72 The Magic Formula Rebecca Yauger 235
73 Lady Pamela Rose Robson 238
74 What We Are Because of Each Other Patricia Voyce 240
75 Sacrifice Penny C 244
76 Step by Stepmom M. Scott Coffman 246
77 Right from the Start Louis De Lauro 250
78 The Chosen Daughter Sheila Taylor-Clark 252
79 So Much More than a Mother-in-Law Crescent LoMonaco 255
80 Divine Timing Ellicia Dawn 257
81 To the Friend Who Mothered Me Kimberly Edwards 259
9 Maternal Miracles
82 No Questions Asked Thorn Schwarz 265
83 Serendipity M.J. Shea 268
84 That Stolen Day Kristi Adams 272
85 Mom's Dream House Christina Ryan Claypool 275
86 My Dear "Deer" Mom Kim Goodrich 279
87 Mother-Daughter Connection Valerie Testa Almquist 282
88 The Mothers Ring Eleanor OToole 285
89 On My Biggest Fan Georgia Putney 287
90 A Sign from Above Jamie D. Parker 290
10 A Mother's Legacy
91 Harvest of Hope Geneva France Coleman 295
92 Lessons in Lipstick Kate Fellowes 298
93 The Gift of Illness Deborah Kellogg 300
94 My Mother the Bag Lady Sharilynn Hunt 304
95 The Gift that Keeps on Giving Drew Sheldon 307
96 Hazelnut Coffee Sweetened with Faith Lainie Belcastro 310
97 Shelter in a Storm Trudie Nash 314
98 Mom Versus the Three Stooges Monica Morris 316
99 The Sewing Machine Carol Elaine Harrison 320
100 The Faster Egg Hunts Judith Fitzsimmons 323
101 Her Smile Christina Galeone 326
Meet Our Contributors 329
Meet Amy Newmark 349
Thank You 351
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 352
